The chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes,
Mark 15:31–32He saved others; Himself He cannot save. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.
Words: John C. Blissard (1835–1904).
Music: Castroville T. Hewlett (Thomas Hewlett?) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Hewlett’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Blissard,
Others He saved, Himself He could not save,
So scoffed the priests, and upward rolled the wave
Of blasphemy against the dying Lord,
Until it broke upon the throne of God.
Others He saved, Himself He did not save,
So sighed the mourners round the Savior’s grave;
Their grief embittered by the mystery
Why He, who Lazarus raised, Himself need die.
Others He saved, Himself He would not save,
There rests the truth, His life for us He gave:
O ruined heart! thy Savior had to choose,
If He should die, or thou salvation lose.